turbine

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtəːˌbaɪn/, /ˈtəːˌbɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɚˌbaɪn/, /ˈtɚ.bɪn/

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turbine (plural turbines)

1. Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
   • 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:

     Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

• turbid
• turbojet, turbo-jet
• turbomachinery

• turbine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• turbine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• turbine at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Tribune, tribune, tuberin

• IPA^(key): /turbiːnə/, [ˈtˢuɐ̯ˌb̥iːnə]

turbine c (singular definite turbinen, plural indefinite turbiner)

1. turbine

• “turbine” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /tʏrˈbinə/

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turbine f (plural turbines, diminutive turbinetje n)

1. turbine

• → Indonesian: turbin

Borrowed from Latin turbō, turbinem.

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.bin/

turbine f (plural turbines)

1. turbine

• turbine à combustion
• turbine à gaz
• turbiner

turbine

1. inflection of turbiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “turbine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• butiner, tribune

From Latin turbinem.

turbine m (plural turbini)

1. whirlwind

   Synonyms: vortice, mulinello

2. gust (of wind, snow, dust, etc.)

turbine

1. plural of turbina

• brunite, nerbuti, tribune

turbine

1. ablative singular of turbō

turbine

1. inflection of turbinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative